Turtle Found in Friend's Yard

[Heliopteryx]

Hi everyone. Someone I know found a turtle in his yard. Here is a picture of it. http://i.imgur.com/Je8dWDY.jpg

Painted turtles and western pond turtles are native to our area, according to websites I have looked at. Does this turtle look like one of those?

I'll have better pictures soon.

 

[Yvonne G]

It's not a pond turtle. It looks like an older yellow bellied slider. But pictures of the under side would help us better. Painted turtles have colorful plastrons.

 

[Heliopteryx]

Here is an album of photos of the turtle. http://imgur.com/a/gYyDF

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I think it looks like a painted turtle.

 

[gregcalverley0327]

Looks like a painted to me for sure


0.3.0 sulcata tortoise
(Manavi, aspen, Bronx)
1.0.0 Russian tortoise
(Ivan)
1 Great Dane
(Koko)

 

[Heliopteryx]

Ok, thank you! I will tell him to let it go by a nearby lake (about 300 feet from his house).

 

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Def a painted pretty sure it's a western

 

[Anthony P]

Big female Chrysemys picta bellii, probably looking for somewhere to lay her eggs..

 

[Lou]

looks like a western painted to me.

 

[reyreytheturtlelover]

Defenitly 100% western painted turtle